Not really a fan of this, tbh. The instrumental is a little underdeveloped, similar to "Gone Fishing", but that was a joke song so it wasn't a big deal. The lyrics are also a little incomprehensible because of Teto's voice, which isn't really their fault, but it's still something I took notice of.

This song also has a WACKY time signature. A time signature of 7/4. And it just feels weird for me, like the bar ends early and isn't able to complete itself.

I can tell this was more of ... read more

Saki255

The instrumental is nice, but a bit too generic. The lyrics and vocals are really what drags this song down in my opinion, it is very hard to make voice synthesizers rap and sound good, and I think this is one of the bad cases. Teto is already not a good fit for rapping, I would have liked it much more if it was a slower singing instead. Even then the lyrics make it bad, they are experimental and are not supposed to mean anything, but they are still very badly written. I prefer to listen to the ... read more

Defeatable

According to the producer themselves, the lyrics are meant to be just stream of consciousness rhyme and flow, but nevertheless, I found a lot to unpack there even between the seemingly random bits of imagery--hints of delusion, genius, and medication. The energetic but manic and unsettling 7/4 beat only adds to the feeling of being bounced around unpredictably by the effects of medications (specifically those prescribed for mental conditions) and their interactions with other medications, and ... read more

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